So gather round kids. I’m about to tell you a short story about a newbie Austinite and his lost ring.

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Yesterday, marked the beginning of what we’ve noted as the summer-tech stretch. It started off with a bang as Erica O’Grady, the fabulous crew from Yoono and Mashable hosted SocialMediaCamp Austin downtown. The room was packed with eager and inquisitive social media minds. Check out @omarg’s recap for more.

Later that evening, the gathering moved to Buffalo Billiards for the SummerMash party. With over 400 attendees, the place was a rockin. The vibe was great, the drinks were flowing and the Austin tech scene definely cleans up nicely. Check out more pictures here (props to @michaelcummings for the photos).

Enter Ray! Newly transplanted from Dallas via Hawaii. While at SummerMash up, Ray had left his ring in the men’s bathroom. Unbeknownest to him, @jonray picked it up from the floor and tried to find its owner. During the night, this mysterious ring was passed around.

The following afternoon, I received a frantic email from Ray. It read:

Hi,
I met Joey last night quickly, but didn’t get to meet you Gloria.  I kinda have an emergency issue.  I left my wedding ring in the bathroom last night when I washed my hands.  And someone picked it up.  After going through Michael Cummings photos I found a guy wearing my ring.  And you were in the picture with him.  I’m hoping you know who he is, so I can get it back.  My fiance got me that ring on the side of the road in china so it’s not replaceable.  Anyway hopefully you know the guy on the right in the photo:
http://flickr.com/photos/michaelcummings/2718996621/sizes/o/
Dusty D???
If you do please let me know how I can get ahold of him so I can get my wedding ring back.
Thank you.

+300 pictures later, Ray and his awesome sleuthing skills were able to track me, JonRay and Michael down. The happy ending – we all met at Conjunctured to give his ring back.

Gotta love the internetz!

So that’s one story from just one night. Did YOU meet anyone interesting or have a story to tell? Please share!

UPDATE: Check out Ray’s POV here!

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